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U2 — City Of Blinding Lights
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MiracleDrug
(Earth)
Posted: Jul 28, 2012 - 06:32
 
UTTERLY AWESOME.

jnhashmi
(Los Angeles)
Posted: Jul 06, 2011 - 18:47
 
What a lovely song. One of their best, ever. I can totally get lost in this song. A 10.

peter_james_bond
(West Of The Burg)
Posted: May 04, 2011 - 13:39
 
 karlaanne wrote:
this song was always awesome, but ever since seeing them live, and they opened with this song, its one of my all time favorites
 
Cool!


Wizzuvvoz
(crosshairs of radical conservatism on route 66)
Posted: Mar 02, 2011 - 10:41
 

 thumbs down

black321
(Apogee)
Posted: Mar 02, 2011 - 10:38
 
I'm a fan, but not of this piece of work. 

rdo
(DC)
Posted: Mar 02, 2011 - 10:38
 
{#Puke}

ziakut
(A place with air, water and chocolate.)
Posted: Mar 02, 2011 - 10:37
 
U2 hasn't even started yet...and I'm already tired.

jah_blessed
(Netherlands)
Posted: Mar 01, 2006 - 10:08
 
stalfnzo wrote:
Awful voice, terrible music, less-than-mediocre band. What's the fuss about U2?


What's your thing with U2 being "less-than-mediocre"? Why not just say "terrible"? One word, just as effective.

This may not be their best tune, though. Sounds like they're ripping off their own 80s sound. A 4 at most.
iglam
(Underground)
Posted: Mar 01, 2006 - 10:08
 
Tireux_De_Roche wrote:
The rest of the song is...meh.


Yep. If you look up the word "meh" in the dictionary, you'll find this song referenced.
karlaanne
(Raleigh, NC)
Posted: Jan 31, 2006 - 07:12
 
this song was always awesome, but ever since seeing them live, and they opened with this song, its one of my alltime favorites
easy
(Northern Bavaria, Germany, Europe, Earth, Sun Solar System, Milky-Way-Galaxy)
Posted: Jan 16, 2006 - 10:45
 
kmh wrote:
SAW THEM AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN & THIS SONG ROCKED...
I LOVE EM, I DON'T CARE WHAT EVERYONE ELSE THINKS!


Yeah, after having seen that life in Munich last year, it's another "hymn" of U2 for me...


handyrae
(Zero Point Field)
Posted: Jan 16, 2006 - 10:42
 
stalfnzo wrote:
Awful voice, terrible music, less-than-mediocre band. What's the fuss about U2?


Well, for me it's because for more than 20 years I've had a huge crush on Bono. But seriously, in U2 I hear passion, soul, heart, spirituality (not to be confused with religiosity), honesty...........
kmh
(new york)
Posted: Jan 16, 2006 - 10:37
 
SAW THEM AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN & THIS SONG ROCKED...
I LOVE EM, I DON'T CARE WHAT EVERYONE ELSE THINKS!
Tireux_De_Roche
(Central Massachusetts)
Posted: Jan 16, 2006 - 10:35
 
Love the guitar in the build-up to where Bono sings, "oh you look so beautiful tonight".

The rest of the song is...meh.
Ando
(behind your couch)
Posted: Jan 01, 2006 - 22:16
 
If only they'd realized their peak was at Joshua Tree and then stopped right there...

Not much has been good since.
stalfnzo
(Somewhere... Out There)
Posted: Dec 18, 2005 - 10:59
 
Awful voice, terrible music, less-than-mediocre band. What's the fuss about U2?
Blackjack
(Southern California, CA)
Posted: Nov 04, 2005 - 14:08
 
Saw them at Staples Center this past Tuesday night, and they were spectacular. The live version of this song was as good as you could ask for. I can understand some people getting bored of their sound, but you won't catch me badmouthing them.
mildersoap
Posted: Aug 03, 2005 - 09:29
 
kevinc wrote:


It's also no like most of their post Achtung Baby material. It's more or less, continuing the retro sounds of All That You can't Leave Behind.

If you want to hear a great u2 track, find Mercy and give it a listen. Easilly the best track they recorded for the new album. Fast Cars is a nice track too.


i haven't heard mercy yet... where is it from? i keep missing it on the lrc... was that yr upload?
kevinc
(Richardson, TX)
Posted: Aug 02, 2005 - 12:07
 
psycholynx wrote:


Techno HAhahahahaha. Not in it's weirdest alternative to the alterative did U2 come anywhere near the genre of Techno.


It's also no like most of their post Achtung Baby material. It's more or less, continuing the retro sounds of All That You can't Leave Behind.

If you want to hear a great u2 track, find Mercy and give it a listen. Easilly the best track they recorded for the new album. Fast Cars is a nice track too.
psycholynx
(Corona, CA (outside L.A.))
Posted: Jul 19, 2005 - 14:49
 
reedifus wrote:


I was wondering how the rest of this song could sound like U2's techno albums of the 90s as stated.


Techno HAhahahahaha. Not in it's weirdest alternative to the alterative did U2 come anywhere near the genre of Techno.
puppykicker
(Fighting windmills.)
Posted: Jun 24, 2005 - 17:53
 
And it must be people like you who encourage them to put out plebeian drivel.
trempel
(Abbostdford, BC, Canada)
Posted: Jun 24, 2005 - 17:50
 
it must be people like you who helped U2 earn a reputation as the biggest band of the last two centuries.
puppykicker
(Fighting windmills.)
Posted: Jun 24, 2005 - 17:48
 
psycholynx wrote:
The opening sounds like that song by "The Killers-Smile Like You Mean it" and the rest sounds like...well....every every other U2 song that came out after Achtung Baby.


Good call. Someone please tell Christ- uh, I mean Bono- to shove it. I can't even remember the last time anything they put out didn't make my ears bleed from the dull pain of mediocrity.
arighter2
(Iowa/on the great River)
Posted: May 27, 2005 - 08:32
 
sherp wrote:
I wasn't sure about this cd on the first couple listens but it's grown on me more and more. I find that happens with a lot of great albums.

This is one of the best on the cd in my opinion. Good stuff.
Agree. Same thing happened to me with the last U2 offering.
reedifus
(The Dairy State)
Posted: May 26, 2005 - 08:48
 
psycholynx wrote:


Did I stutter? It sounds just like that song in the opening. Same notes and everything.


I was wondering how the rest of this song could sound like U2's techno albums of the 90s as stated.
psycholynx
(Corona, CA (outside L.A.))
Posted: May 26, 2005 - 08:36
 
reedifus wrote:


...uh....what?


Did I stutter? It sounds just like that song in the opening. Same notes and everything.
reedifus
(The Dairy State)
Posted: May 26, 2005 - 08:32
 
psycholynx wrote:
The opening sounds like that song by "The Killers-Smile Like You Mean it" and the rest sounds like...well....every every other U2 song that came out after Achtung Baby.


...uh....what?
mikedill
(Chicago, IL)
Posted: May 11, 2005 - 19:16
 
saw them in chicago last night. they opened with this one and it was amazing. so much better than the cd version, imo.
jagdriver
(HP Cubeland, Roseville, CA)
Posted: Apr 14, 2005 - 16:49
 
Always liked U2 and Edge's guitar sound.
psycholynx
(Corona, CA (outside L.A.))
Posted: Apr 14, 2005 - 16:46
 
The opening sounds like that song by "The Killers-Smile Like You Mean it" and the rest sounds like...well....every every other U2 song that came out after Achtung Baby.
Trustocity
(Boston, baby)
Posted: Apr 12, 2005 - 14:31
 
phineas wrote:
Takes a while to get going, then doesn't bother going anywhere anyway.

pauleywalnuts
(Springfield)
Posted: Apr 12, 2005 - 10:52
 
phineas wrote:
Takes a while to get going, then doesn't bother going anywhere anyway.


Exactly, I just don't get these guys anymore. They're too old for the pouty, rebellious, angry young men look, especially as they look down from their multi-million dollar mansions. I quit taking them seriously after the Joshua Tree.
phineas
(Institutionalized)
Posted: Apr 12, 2005 - 10:43
 
Takes a while to get going, then doesn't bother going anywhere anyway.
psycholynx
(Corona, CA (outside L.A.))
Posted: Mar 28, 2005 - 17:51
 
Trustocity wrote:

Stay alive, U2. Keep genre rock thriving. As for this song, holy crap, I hate it. I'm leaving this dreck on the shelf with my Cranberries and listening to "The Joshua Tree" instead. Not dreck because it sucks, but dreck because it's not even innovative enough to suck.


So true, It's not innovative at all. It sounds like some crappy rehash of a "Joshua Tree" Cut mixed together with that Interpol song all mxed with a Industrial(pun intended)-sized blender.
trekhead
Posted: Mar 16, 2005 - 07:03
 
Thanks, needed that right now.
Go boys!
DrLex
(Belgium)
Posted: Mar 16, 2005 - 07:03
 
I really like the 'early' work of U2, but this song and others I've heard of the newest albums, sound kind of bland and generic. It's not bad but there's nothing exciting about it either. A 5.
beelzebubba
(Where the hell is Walldrug, South Dakota?)
Posted: Mar 16, 2005 - 06:59
 
Can't get much more pedestrian than this.
Trustocity
(Boston, baby)
Posted: Mar 16, 2005 - 06:59
 
Shite.

Steaming, that is.
spencer
(cologne, germany)
Posted: Mar 14, 2005 - 00:48
 
hey there!

in my opinion RP is playing too much U2, i like some old songs, but i don't really like the new album.. :P
Daveinbawlmer
(Bawlmer, Merlin. Hon.)
Posted: Feb 27, 2005 - 05:56
 

U2 set a really, really high bar for themselves early in their career. The last U2 record I thought was good was Zooropa. Most seem to forget about that one. This isn't a bad record, however it is recorded really, really badly. On a good system it just stinks.

:!:
jnhashmi
(Venice/Los Angeles)
Posted: Feb 14, 2005 - 19:17
 
An instant U2 classic. For the first time in a while I got so excited about a song that my heart jumps just knowing it's coming up next on the CD - that's what this is all about, isn't it? Yes, U2 is more overexposed than Paris Hilton, but they are #1 for a reason (not always the case!), and this song is a powerful reminder why.
Nobunaga
Posted: Jan 31, 2005 - 01:32
 
Tux wrote:

Original thought to compare U2 with Microsoft
Would that explain why I also dislike Microsoft (see my avatar and alias)?
I also muchly prefer Burger King over McD, if ever I go there (once a year)



Wow, dude, you are like TOTALLY your own person. Keep up the good work and FIGHT the POWER!

Word.
Tux
(The Netherlands)
Posted: Jan 05, 2005 - 07:38
 
Mugro wrote:
Get used to it. U2 is everywhere. Like McDonalds and Coke. Can't avoid the constant marketing campaign.

Original thought to compare U2 with Microsoft
Would that explain why I also dislike Microsoft (see my avatar and alias)?
I also muchly prefer Burger King over McD, if ever I go there (once a year)
Mugro
(Lane Village, Massachusetts)
Posted: Jan 01, 2005 - 14:19
 
Theodoransky wrote:
there is a lot of good music out there. Why do we have to hear everyday U2?
I don't claim they are bad, although I don't like them.
but please play other stuff!!


Get used to it. U2 is everywhere. Like McDonalds and Coke. Can't avoid the constant marketing campaign.
Theodoransky
(Mexico)
Posted: Dec 21, 2004 - 09:53
 
there is a lot of good music out there. Why do we have to hear everyday U2?
I don't claim they are bad, although I don't like them.
but please play other stuff!!
kmh
(new york)
Posted: Dec 21, 2004 - 09:53
 
LET'S GIVE U2 THE RESPECT THEY DESERVE!
elphmorgan
(Ann Arbor, MI)
Posted: Dec 17, 2004 - 18:54
 
Nice U2 sound but I lose interest half way through. Still, it's not offensive.
PeaceInIraq
(Washington, DC)
Posted: Dec 17, 2004 - 18:50
 
8O
Trustocity
(Boston, baby)
Posted: Dec 15, 2004 - 11:45
 
What

is

this

shit.

I can begin to see why people make fun of Peter Gabriel, even though I'm an unstoppable devotee. Some music is "best in genre" and doesn't really add (or need to add) anything new to the world encyclopedia of music; further down the list is "slightly less than best in genre" where one music lover appreciates a band in this category (sappy post-prog rock) and another in another (ringing guitar-driven anthem rock like this). Some bands are indisputable gods, and some are content to "keep up the good work" (Gabriel and U2 both).

Stay alive, U2. Keep genre rock thriving. As for this song, holy crap, I hate it. I'm leaving this dreck on the shelf with my Cranberries and listening to "The Joshua Tree" instead. Not dreck because it sucks, but dreck because it's not even innovative enough to suck.
Mugro
(Lane Village, Massachusetts)
Posted: Dec 15, 2004 - 11:45
 
g-rod-b wrote:
There aren't a lot of bands that are still making new, vital music the same year they get inducted into the Hall of Fame. One of the few bands I genuinely respect. If you haven't yet read "U2: at the End of the World" you should.


Good point. I felt a little "used" by Vertigo (that song seems to be just an empty pop song exploiting simple pop songs), but I have a soft spot in my heart for U2. I was surprised at how their last album snuck up on me. I was trying my best not to like it, but it got me anyway and I play it a lot even now. Even though I would try to claim that they are "over the hill", they are not!